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The paper calls for a shift after caribou recovery failed to meet the needs of Indigenous community

Climbing caribou numbers in northeastern British Columbia prove that collaborations between Indigenous and colonial governments can reverse decades-long declines, but focus needs to shift to culturally meaningful recovery targets, a consortium of researchers and community members say in a new paper published this week in Science.

Joy Cassidy’s house burned during the Marshall Fire. She calls the city of Louisville’s display “insensitive.” The city insists it’ll be safe.

A Canadian caribou herd is making a comeback—but the rescue plan is controversial

Article content VICTORIA — The West Moberly First Nations have obtained court-ordered access to much of the material that the New Democrats have withheld from the public on the safety and cost overruns at the troubled Site C project. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Warren Milman made the ruling last week in response to an application from West Moberly and Chief Roland Willson. They sought the information as part of their legal action that tries to halt construction on B.C. Hydro’s Site C dam on...

Zonnebeke Energy Project. (Natural Forces) MOBERLY LAKE, B.C. – A partnership between West Moberly First Nations and Natural Forces has produced the Zonnebeke Energy Project, which supplies clean, renewable energy to British Columbians. The wind project, located south of Chetwynd, has four turbines capable of generating up to 15 megawatts of power, good enough to power 5,800 homes. “The Zonnebeke project exemplifies the truly clean renewable energy the world needs to move forward,” said C...